Ukulele Lady--Binding

I finally got to practice with the Dremel tool and the attachment that routs the channel out. here you can see the mahogany glued to the koa side with the binding ledge where the tortoise stuff will sit.

Glue the tortoise binding into the channel

This is so messy! I hope it cleans up well!!

masking tape magic

I didn't realize how fast the glue dries! By the time I got everything taped, it was time to remove the tape!

binding is on...

With a bunch of glue smudges, etc. But things will be scraped and sanded and filled and sanded and it will be good.

Henrichsen's "Farm"

I love this place. The garden area is surrounded by deer fence, the goats and little horse are in a huge area, the grassy area is also huge, the playground area is large, but wait, there's more! It seems to go on and on! As much as we in bumerton are NOT cityfolk, I'm sure that Lehua and Kawailani are not farm and country girls! The chickens were AWESOME and reminded me of when my Grandpa Eguchi had a chicken farm up on Makiki Roundtop Drive (now the area of million dollar homes!!) in Hawaii. I thought it fun to pull feathers over the boiling cauldron after the beheading. I loved gathering eggs and looking at them through the candleflame! Ah, the good ole days!

Gorgeous

Okekai--last year's winning soloist in both kahiko and auana.  She's also known as "Marylou" because she's like her mom in many ways.  On this day she went into the freezer and couldn't get out.  Someone heard her pounding and opened the door to a bluish, shivering young lady!  Back in the day, there wasn't the safety features required now. She didn't know that the door could be pushed from the inside to let herself out!  The girl can really dance.

Mai Kahiki Mai--2010

They really outdid themselves this year!  The best hula dancing creativity!  I was a tad distracted by the performance, relying on Kawika's video cam to fill in the gaps that I missed!  The food was great all around.  The entertainment included live music for a couple of hours, and then a few numbers from all around the halau, and then a really cute play about a guy who first arrives in Hawaii and meets a beautiful hula dancer!  It was fabulous!

Manawaiopuna..the guys

What to call them...oh yeah...Gracious Ladies

No Such Thing as Too Much Fun

This was so great!  The musicians played and played without singing as the dancers played the rhythms with their pu 'ili  split bamboo.  Up in the air and down to the floor, sometimes in a kneeling position as the music was clipping along at a lively pace!